This is the information page about the shipwreck Empress eugenie, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 48.098 N,4 15.348 W (54.100166666667, -4.5481166666667)

 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.

 

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Name: EMPRESS EUGENIE

Length 57 meter, width: 7.9 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 582 ton
Load: personnel,general and mixed goods

Cause: made water in heavy weather, engine room filled and fires extinguished. crew of 27 and 7 passengers escaped in two boats. rescued by the steamer 'countess of galloway'. passage liverpool for london via falmouth and penzance. owned at time of loss by the london and liverpool steam navigation co.

Year of registration: 1990

Water depth above wreck: 50 meter, Height above seabed: 145 cm

Known since: 1990, last detected: 1996

Details measurements/cartography: HH100/351/02 21.2.90 HH100/351/02 21.2.90 WK REPORTED BY FISHERMAN. POTTERY RECOVERED FROM TRAWL, WHILE SECURED ABOVE WK, WHICH BEARS MARK OF THE 'WEST OF FRANCE STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'. (K. HURLEY, 19.2.90). HH100/351/02 18.6.90 HH100/351/02 18.6.90 DIVED ON 28.5.90 IN 534810N, 041504W IN GEN DEPTH 51MTRS, APPROX. IRON OR STEEL CONSTRUCTION AND QUITE BROKEN UP. HIGHEST PART STANDS 3 TO 4MTRS HIGH. LENGTH 100 TO 120FT, WIDTH ABOUT 40FT. MORE POTTERY RECOVERED. (K. HURLEY, 1.6.90). HH100/351/11 10.9.96 HH100/351/11 10.9.96 LOCATED IN 534804N, 041516W [OGB] USING GPS. IDENTIFIED AS 'EMPRESS EUGENIE'. GENERALLY BURIED WITH BOWS UP. (J SHAW). BR STD. HH090/705/01 3.10.96 HH090/705/01 3.10.96 EXAM'D 28.4.96 IN 534805.9N, 041520.9W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 46.1 IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 6.8MTRS. LENGTH 61MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS. LIES 145/325 DEGS. GOOD MAGNETIC ANOMALY. LIES UPRIGHT AND IS PARTLY BROKEN AND BURIED. (NP 1008, HI 705). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, WELL BROKEN AND BURIED

Position: 53 48.098 N,4 15.348 W

 

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